Madonna del Soccorso

The flagellation of Christ

The Sacro Monte della Madonna del Soccorso is one of a series of Sacri Monti in Lombardy and Piedmont, but the only one in the Lake Como area. It was designated a Unesco World Heritage site in 2003, and consists of a series of small chapels lining a devotional path up the mountain to a 16th century sanctuary. The fourteen chapels on the route were built in the Baroque style between 1635 and 1710, and are remarkable for the terracotta sculpture tableaux that depict different scenes from the story of Christ. In order, these are: